Storiascopio · Era 11 of 12 · lower secondary year 3
The Russian Revolution
1917 · Petrograd (now St Petersburg), Russia
In short
In Russia the war had brought hunger and great suffering. In February 1917 protests forced Tsar Nicholas II to give up the throne. In October the Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, seized power in Petrograd by storming the Winter Palace. A bloody civil war followed, and in 1922 the Soviet Union was born, ruled by a single party, the Communist Party.
Why it matters The first communist state was born, and for seventy years it carried enormous weight in world politics.
Source: Treccani, entry “Rivoluzione russa”
Where we are in the era “Early 20th century”
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1903Event 7 of 25about 1950
Your turn
Name ______________________ Class ______ Date __________
When did it happen? Find the date at the top and write it here:
Tell it in your own words: what happened?
Draw the scene below.
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